BREAST CANCER SCREENING

Cancer statistics, 1999

1999 • 3,154 citations

Relation of tumor size, lymph node status, and survival in 24,740 breast cancer cases

1989 • 2,245 citations

Epidemiology in Medicine

1987 • 2,189 citations

Epidemiology in Medicine.

1988 • 1,933 citations

Efficacy of Screening Mammography

1995 • 1,079 citations

Ten-Year Risk of False Positive Screening Mammograms and Clinical Breast Examinations

1998 • 1,059 citations

Mammographic screening and mortality from breast cancer: the Malmo mammographic screening trial.

1988 • 935 citations

The Lifetime Risk of Developing Breast Cancer

1993 • 928 citations

Report of the International Workshop on Screening for Breast Cancer

1993 • 804 citations

Canadian National Breast Screening Study: 1. Breast cancer detection and death rates among women aged 40 to 49 years.

1992 • 760 citations

UPDATE OF THE SWEDISH TWO-COUNTY PROGRAM OF MAMMOGRAPHIC SCREENING FOR BREAST CANCER

1992 • 744 citations

Meeting Highlights: International Consensus Panel on the Treatment of Primary Breast Cancer

1995 • 711 citations

Psychological side effects of breast cancer screening.

1991 • 594 citations

Efficacy of breast cancer screening by age. New results swedish two-county trial

1995 • 567 citations

Effect of age, breast density, and family history on the sensitivity of first screening mammography

1996 • 524 citations

Cancer of the breast: Size of neoplasm and prognosis

1969 • 491 citations

Psychological and Behavioral Implications of Abnormal Mammograms

1991 • 476 citations

Edinburgh trial of screening for breast cancer: mortality at seven years

1990 • 457 citations

Benefit of Screening Mammography in Women Aged 40-49: A New Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

1997 • 422 citations

Effects of Estrogen and Estrogen–Progestin on Mammographic Parenchymal Density

1999 • 402 citations

A long-term follow-up study of survival in stage I (T1N0M0) and stage II (T1N1M0) breast carcinoma.

1989 • 385 citations

Meeting Highlights: International Consensus Panel on the Treatment of Primary Breast Cancer

1998 • 374 citations

Positive Predictive Value of Screening Mammography by Age and Family History of Breast Cancer

1993 • 352 citations

Screening for Breast Cancer

1989 • 317 citations

The Gothenburg Breast Screening Trial

2003 • 305 citations

Variability and Accuracy in Mammographic Interpretation Using the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System

1998 • 302 citations

Benefit of mammography screening in women ages 40 to 49 Years. Current evidence from randomized controlled trials

1995 • 295 citations

The alpha 1-fetoprotein test in hepatocellular carcinoma.

1970 • 290 citations

Important advances in oncology 1994

1994 • 282 citations

Cost-Effectiveness of Extending Screening Mammography Guidelines To Include Women 40 to 49 Years of Age

1997 • 258 citations

Effect of Estrogen Replacement Therapy on the Specificity and Sensitivity of Screening Mammography

1996 • 252 citations

Reduced Breast Cancer Mortality in Women Under Age 50: Updated Results From the Malmö Mammographic Screening Program

1997 • 250 citations

Randomized Trial of Breast self-examination in Shanghai: Methodology and Preliminary Results

1997 • 247 citations

Mammography: A Contrary View

1976 • 246 citations

Efficacy of screening mammography. A meta-analysis

1995 • 241 citations

Periodic Screening for Breast Cancer: The HIP Randomized Controlled Trial

1997 • 239 citations

Age-dependent growth rate of primary breast cancer

1993 • 234 citations

American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer: update 1997

1997 • 226 citations

Followup after 11 years – update of mortality results in the Stockholm mammographic screening trial

1997 • 223 citations

The Gothenburg breast screening trial

1997 • 205 citations

FIRST RESULTS ON MORTALITY REDUCTION IN THE UK TRIAL OF EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER

1988 • 194 citations

Effect of estrogen and estrogen-progestin replacement regimens on mammographic breast parenchymal density.

1997 • 187 citations

Preventive Care Guidelines: 1991

1991 • 185 citations

Important advances in oncology 1996

1997 • 184 citations

Breast Parenchymal Patterns and Their Changes with Age

1976 • 183 citations

Quantitative Interpretation of Age-Specific Mortality Reductions From the Swedish Breast Cancer-Screening Trials

1995 • 179 citations

Variation in Mammographic Breast Density by Time in Menstrual Cycle Among Women Aged 40-49 Years

1998 • 176 citations

Likelihood ratios for modern screening mammography. Risk of breast cancer based on age and mammographic interpretation

1996 • 174 citations

Increases in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) of the Breast in Relation to Mammography: A Dilemma

1997 • 169 citations

Effectiveness of the public health policy for breast cancer screening in Finland: population based cohort study

1997 • 164 citations

Breast cancer: age-specific growth rates and screening strategies.

1986 • 157 citations

American College of Radiology guidelines for breast cancer screening.

1998 • 150 citations

Breast Cancer Screening for Elderly Women with and without Comorbid Conditions

1992 • 143 citations

Twenty-year follow-up of the breast cancers diagnosed during the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project

1997 • 139 citations

Mammography screening: an incremental cost effectiveness analysis of double versus single reading of mammograms

1996 • 139 citations

The Cost-effectiveness of Mammographic Screening Strategies

1995 • 133 citations

The impact of a breast cancer screening programme on quality‐adjusted life‐years

1991 • 129 citations

Canadian National Breast Screening Study: assessment of technical quality by external review.

1990 • 128 citations

Benefits and Costs of Screening and Treatment for Early Breast Cancer

1995 • 127 citations

Breast Self-Examination in Relation to the Occurrence of Advanced Breast Cancer

1991 • 115 citations

The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: report on the first 4 years of mammography provided to medically underserved women.

1998 • 107 citations

Screening mammography and public health policy: the need for perspective

1995 • 104 citations

Radiation Risk From Screening Mammography of Women Aged 40-49 Years

1997 • 104 citations

What are the Psychological Factors Influencing Attendance, Non-Attendance and Re-Attendance at a Breast Screening Centre?

1990 • 97 citations

Breast Screening: Adverse Psychological Consequences One Month after Placing Women on Early Recall Because of a Diagnostic Uncertainty. A Multicentre Study

1997 • 96 citations

The Canadian National Breast Screening Study: Update on Breast Cancer Mortality

1997 • 94 citations

Effect of human variability on independent double reading in screening mammography

1996 • 93 citations

Estimation of currently attainable benefit from mammographic screening of women aged 40-49 years

1995 • 93 citations

Comparison of single reading with double reading of mammograms, and change in effectiveness with experience

1995 • 90 citations

The Gothenburg Breast Cancer Screening Trial: Preliminary Results on Breast Cancer Mortality for Women Aged 39-49

1997 • 85 citations

Nation‐wide breast cancer screening in the Netherlands: Support for breast‐cancer mortality reduction

1995 • 84 citations

Is screening for breast cancer cost-effective?

1992 • 82 citations

Screening mammography beginning at age 40 years

1998 • 80 citations

In search of the best upper age limit for breast cancer screening

1995 • 80 citations

The Psychosocial Consequences of Mammography

1997 • 77 citations

Empirical Comparison of the Results of Randomized Controlled Trials and Case-Control Studies in Evaluating the Effectiveness of Screening Mammography

1998 • 77 citations

The Canadian National Breast Screening Study: A Perspective on Criticisms

1994 • 74 citations

Mammography screening for women aged 40 through 49--a guidelines saga and a clarion call for informed decision making.

1997 • 73 citations

Initial versus subsequent screening mammography: comparison of findings and their prognostic significance.

1995 • 73 citations

Recent Results From the Swedish Two-County Trial: The Effects of Age, Histologic Type, and Mode of Detection on the Efficacy of Breast Cancer Screening

1997 • 73 citations

Effect of Breast Cancer Screening after Age 65

1995 • 70 citations

Positive predictive value of screening mammography by age and family history of breast cancer

1993 • 70 citations

Breast Cancer Screening among Women from 65 to 74 Years of Age in 1987-88 and 1991

1992 • 68 citations

Screening Mammography for Breast Cancer: American College of Preventive Medicine Practice Policy Statement

1996 • 66 citations

Advanced breast cancer and its prevention by screening

1992 • 63 citations

Results from the NHS Breast Screening Programme 1990–1993

1995 • 63 citations

Breast cancer in the medial half. Results of 1978 national survey of the American College of surgeons

1983 • 62 citations

Insights into breast cancer screening of younger women. Evidence from the 14-year follow-up of the breast cancer detection demonstration project

1993 • 62 citations

Mammographie screening trials for women aged under 50: A quality assessment and meta‐analysis

1995 • 60 citations

Aggressiveness of screen-detected breast cancers

1995 • 60 citations

Breast Cancer Screening Outcomes in Women Ages 40-49: Clinical Experience With Service Screening Using Modern Mammography

1997 • 60 citations

Mammographic screening after the age of 65 years: Evidence for a reduction in breast cancer mortality

1996 • 58 citations

Breast screening: the case for physical examination without mammography

1994 • 57 citations

Long term breast cancer screening in Nijmegen, The Netherlands: the nine rounds from 1975-92.

1996 • 56 citations

The comparative value of mammographic screening for women 40-49 years old versus women 50-64 years old.

1995 • 54 citations

Screening for Breast Cancer in Women Aged under 50: Mode of Detection, Incidence, Fatality, and Histology

1995 • 52 citations

Mammography Versus Clinical Examination of the Breasts

1997 • 52 citations

Variation in the Effectiveness of Breast Screening by Year of Follow-Up

1997 • 50 citations

Influence of number of views and mammographic film density on the detection of invasive cancers: results from the NHS Breast Screening Programme.

1997 • 49 citations

Cancers detected and induced in mammographic screening: new screening schedules and younger women with family history.

1997 • 47 citations

Breast cancer screening: its impact on clinical medicine

1990 • 47 citations

Clinical efficacy of mammographic screening in the elderly.

1995 • 47 citations

The influence of previous films on screening mammographic interpretation and detection of breast carcinoma

1997 • 46 citations

The role of the nurse-examiner in the National Breast Screening Study.

1991 • 44 citations

The Edinburgh Randomized Trial of Breast Cancer Screening

1997 • 42 citations

The Stockholm Mammographic Screening Trial: Risks and Benefits in Age Group 40-49 Years

1997 • 42 citations

Cost-effective management of breast cancer

1992 • 42 citations

Estimating Lead Time and Sensitivity in a Screening Program without Estimating the Incidence in the Screened Group

1997 • 41 citations

Clinical breast examination and breast self-examination. Past and present effect on breast cancer survival

1992 • 41 citations

Mammographic screening of women aged 40–49 years. Benefit, risk, and cost considerations

1995 • 41 citations

Mammographic Screening for Women Aged 40 to 49 Years: The Primary Care Practitioner's Dilemma

1995 • 39 citations

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF BREAST SCREENING IN TERMS OF PATIENTS' PERCEIVED HEALTH ANXIETIES

1996 • 37 citations

Use of Two View Mammography Compared with One View in the Detection of Small Invasive Cancers: Further Results from the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme

1997 • 37 citations

The cost-effectiveness of mammographic screening strategies

1995 • 37 citations

Effects of lead time, length bias, and false-negative assurance on screening for breast cancer

1993 • 36 citations

Mammography screening: an incremental cost effectiveness analysis of two view versus one view procedures in London.

1995 • 34 citations

Non‐parametric estimation of the post‐lead‐time survival distribution of screen‐detected cancer cases

1995 • 31 citations

Screening Fundamentals

1997 • 31 citations

The value of the second view in screening mammography

1996 • 29 citations

The Importance of Mammographic Screening Relative to the Treatment of Women With Carcinoma of the Breast

1994 • 28 citations

Fighting the War on Breast Cancer: Debates over Early Detection, 1945 to the Present

1998 • 28 citations

Mammography Outcomes in a Practice Setting by Age: Prognostic Factors, Sensitivity, and Positive Biopsy Rate

1997 • 27 citations

The impact of mammography in 1096 consecutive patients with breast cancer, 1979-1993. Equal value for patients younger and older than age 50 years

1995 • 25 citations

Risk and benefit associated with radiation dose in breast screening programmes—an update

1995 • 24 citations

Breast cancer in women 65-74 years old: earlier detection by mammographic screening.

1997 • 23 citations

The "epidemic" of breast cancer in the U.S.--determining the factors.

1996 • 23 citations

Expanding horizons in breast and prostate cancer prevention and early detection

1993 • 22 citations

As Mammography Use Increases, Are Some Providers Omitting Clinical Breast Examination?

1996 • 21 citations

A comparison of the performance and impact of Breast Cancer Screening Programmes in East Anglia, U.K. and Bouches Du Rhône, France

1997 • 19 citations

Assessment of lifetime gained as a result of mammographic breast cancer screening using a computer model.

1997 • 19 citations

Post screen-detected breast cancer within the Screening Mammography Program of British Columbia

1997 • 18 citations

Benefits and costs of screening and treatment for early breast cancer. Development of a basic benefit package

1995 • 18 citations

Recent advances: diagnosis and treatment of early breast cancer

1997 • 16 citations

Does the Proven Benefit of Mammography Extend to Breast Cancer Patients Over Age 70?

1998 • 14 citations

Study Design of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials of Breast Cancer Screening,

1997 • 13 citations

The Canadian national breast screening study. Why? what next? and so what?

1995 • 13 citations

Is mass screening for breast cancer cost-effective?

1996 • 12 citations

May We Agree to Disagree, or How Do We Develop Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening in Wormen?

1994 • 11 citations

Is mass screening for breast cancer cost-effective?

1996 • 10 citations

An assessment of the influence of clinical breast examination reports on the interpretation of mammograms in a breast screening program.

1998 • 8 citations

As mammography use increases, are some providers omitting clinical breast examination?

1996 • 8 citations

The Screening Mammography Program of British Columbia: pilot study.

1991 • 8 citations

The diagnosis and treatment of early breast cancer.

1984 • 8 citations

Who's Monitoring the Quality of Mammograms? The Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 Could Finally Provide the Answer

1993 • 7 citations

Breast Cancer Screening: The Effect of Self Selection for Screening on Comparisons of Randomised Controlled Trials

1997 • 7 citations

Sample Size Determination for a Trial of-Breast Cancer Screening under Age 50: Population versus Case Mortality Approach

1995 • 7 citations

Sulle cause del cancro della pelle

1959 • 6 citations

Population breast cancer screening: theory, practice, and service implications

1995 • 6 citations

Final Mammography Recommendation?

1997 • 5 citations

The importance of mammographic screening relative to the treatment of women with carcinoma of the breast

1994 • 5 citations

Screening mammography in women 40 to 49 years of age: no.

1995 • 4 citations

Screening mammography in women 40 to 49 years of age: yes.

1995 • 3 citations

The Screening Mammography Program of British Columbia: pilot study.

1991 • 3 citations

Strategies for improving sensitivity of screening mammography for women aged 40 to 49 years

1996 • 3 citations

Controversies in Screening with Mammography

1997 • 3 citations

Mass Breast Cancer Screening in the Netherlands: 10 Years and Counting

1998 • 3 citations

The relative diagnostic impact of screening mammography and physical examination

1997 • 2 citations

Screening mammography and risk of breast cancer

1996 • 2 citations

Final mammography recommendation?

1997 • 2 citations

Rising Breast Cancer Rates Fueled by Better Detection

1993 • 1 citations

MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.

1823 • 1 citations